# ameixa
## Fala
### Alternative forms

* amexia (Mañegu)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) (“Damascene plums”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmei̯ʃa/
* Rhymes: -ei̯ʃa
* Syllabification: a‧mei‧xa

### Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)
* (Mañegu) plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruñu (Valverdeñu), agruñu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu), ciruela (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

#### Derived terms

* amexeira (“plum tree”)

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmejʃa/ [aˈmej.ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -ejʃa

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *damascina, from Latin damascēna (prūna) n pl (“Damascene plums”), with a loss of initial 'd'. Cognate with English damson and damascene. Possibly indirectly influenced by Etymology 2.

#### Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)
* damson
    Synonyms: abruño, fatón
* plum
    Synonym: cirola

##### Alternative forms

* ameixola (Galician-Asturian)

##### Derived terms

* Ameixedo
* ameixeira
* Ameixeira
* Ameixeiras
* Ameixenda
* Ameixida
* Ameixide
* Ameixido

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Akin to Portuguese amêijoa, Asturian amasuela and Spanish almeja.

#### Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)
* clam

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ameyxe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ameixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ameixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ameixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “damasco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “almeja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈme(j).ʃɐ/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈme(j).ʃa/ [aˈme(ɪ̯).ʃa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmɐj.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈmej.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈme.ʃɐ/
* Rhymes: -eʃɐ, -ejʃɐ, -ɐjʃɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧mei‧xa

### Noun

ameixa f (plural ameixas)
* (botany) plum (fruit)
* (informal) firearms bullet
* hand grenade

#### Derived terms

* ameixal
* ameixeira

### Further reading

* “ameixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “ameixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025